Opening of Academic Positions - Tenure-Eligible Lecturers and Associate Professors (f/m/d)

The Serra Húnter Programme (SHP) is offering 35 positions as tenure-eligible lecturer and 2 positions as associate professor at the public universities of Catalonia (Spain). Positions are available in different fields of study within sciences, life sciences, medical and health sciences, social sciences, engineering and architecture and arts and humanities.

Successful candidates will be hired by the university offering the position and are expected to cooperate with existing groups and/or develop new lines of research, complementary to those already in place. These positions also entail teaching obligations.

Candidates must:

• hold a PhD
• provide proof of international experience for 1 year
• have teaching experience
• have an excellent research record

They are expected to:

• have an excellent record of publications in good venues in their fields
• have international exposure
• have participated in competitive research projects

For associate professors, they also have to accredit at least 9 months of postdoctoral experience in a different university from the one of the doctoral studies.

For tenure-eligible lecturers:

• a fixed-term full-time contract is offered for a period of up to six years
• at the end of the contract, the university undertakes a process to open a permanent position as associate professor provided that the candidate passes a positive evaluation
• the annual starting salary is currently 38.496,02 euros before taxes
• newly hired lecturers will receive 5.000 euros funding for their research at the start of their contract and 5.000 euros of additional funding after 3 years of contract
• at the end of their academic career, lecturers may also receive salary supplements for teaching and research merits

For associate professors:

• a full-time permanent contract is offered
• the annual starting salary is currently 42.478,74 euros before taxes
• at the end of their academic career, associate professors may double their starting salary if they receive positive assessments in teaching and research merit evaluations

In addition to salary, contracts include health, retirement and unemployment benefits.

Tenure-eligible lecturer:

• Sciences:

  • Biophysics
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Organometallic Chemistry
  • Geometry and Topology
  • Cryptography
  • History of Science
  • Physical Geography

• Life Sciences:

  • Physical Anthropology
  • Physiology
  • Biosciences and Biotechnology
  • Genetics
  • Microbiology

• Medical and Health Sciences:

  • Medicine
  • Preventive Medicine and Public Health
  • Animal Health

• Social Sciences:

  • Applied Economics
  • Financial Economics
  • Tourism
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Education
  • Criminal Law

• Engineering and Architecture:

  • Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

• Arts and Humanities:

  • Music
  • Catalan Philology
  • Spanish Literature
  • Contemporary History

Associate professor:

• Engineering and Architecture:

  • Engineering Graphics

• Social Sciences:

  • Philosophy of Law

The selection process has two steps:

• The first step, international call, allows applicants to express their interest for the offers, to check if they can accredit one year of international academic experience and for associate professors to apply for the accreditation required for permanent contracts.
• The second step, competition at the university, is the actual recruitment competition process, handled by the university in accordance with its own rules.

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